Francesca Romana Coluzzi
Biography
Francesca Romana Coluzzi (20 May 1943 – 15 July 2009) was an Italian actress. A respected dramatic actress on stage, she is probably best known for her roles in the commedia sexy all'italiana. Life and career Born in Tirana, Albania, of Italian parents, Coluzzi soon moved to Italy with her family to Perugia. As a teenager, during a student twist dancing contest, Federico Fellini noticed her and offered her a role in 8½. Coluzzi declined the offer to continue her studies, but however the encounter with Fellini marked her life, and she eventually decided to leave the university to pursue a career in the cinema. She started her career as a body double, first of Mylène Demongeot in Fantômas and later of Marisa Mell in Danger: Diabolik. In 1965, at 22, Coluzzi made her acting debut in the Lucio Fulci's comedy film 002 Operazione Luna. Her breakout role came in 1969, with the role of Asmara, the Adriano Celentano's lover in Pietro Germi's Serafino. One year later she played Tarsilla Tettamanzi in Alberto Lattuada's Come Have Coffee with Us, and for this role she won a Nastro d'Argento for Best Supporting Actress and a Globo d'oro in the same category. In the following years Coluzzi was mainly active in comedy films, especially in the commedia sexy all'italiana genre, often playing roles of unbearable and jealous wives. In 1985, she founded in Rome a theater workshop for children, Associazione Culturale Minestrone d'Arte. She died at 66 of lung cancer.
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Movies (47)
FantastiCozzi
as (archive footage)
2016
The Origin of the Mala
2004
Banzai
as Ilaria
1997
Per quel viaggio in Sicilia...
as Zia Rosa
1991
Un amore sconosciuto
as Angela
1990
Red Sonja
as Red Sonja's Mother
1985
Champagne in paradiso
as Lorenza
1983
Same Sea, Same Beach
as Zia Carla
1983
Massimamente folle
as Professoressa Clorida Cortese
1983
Quella peste di Pierina
as The gymnastics teacher
1982
Hot Spirits
as benzinaia
1981
Desirable Teacher
as Passante che ha paura dei gatti
1981
The Week at the Beach
as Elvira Martinelli
1981
School Teacher on the Sea with Her Class
as Enrica, moglie di Ercole
1980
The Highschool Girl, the Devil, and the Holywater
1979
Lady Football
1979
School Teacher Dances... with Her Class
as Allenatrice Russa
1979
Night Nurse
as Lucia
1979
In the Highest Heavens
as Maura
1977
The Schoolmate
as Professoressa Marimonti
1977
Robin Hood, Arrow, Beans and Karate
1976
The Naked Doorwoman
as signora Politoni
1976
Occhio Alla Vedova!
1976
The Boss and the Worker
as Maria Luce Balestrazzi - Wife of Gianluca
1975
Peccato senza malizia
as Laura
1975
Il cav. Costante Nicosia demoniaco, ovvero Dracula in Brianza
as Wanda Torsello
1975
The School Teacher
as Amalia Mottola
1975
The Cousin
as moglie del deputato
1974
Il sergente Rompiglioni
as Semiramide
1973
Il brigadiere Pasquale Zagaria ama la mamma e la polizia
as Pupetta
1973
Karate, Fist and Beans
as 'Baby' Morgan
1973
Il maschio ruspante
as Amalia
1973
Giovannona Long-Thigh
as Mary Pedicò
1973
Increase and Multiply
as Luisa
1973
Themroc
as Neighbor
1973
Ingrid on the Road
as Claudia
1973
Father Jackleg
as Betty Brown
1972
Sex Shop
as Lulu
1972
The Italian Connection
as Trini
1972
Storia di confine
1972
Even If I Wanted to Work, What Do I Do?
as Tilde
1972
We Are All in Temporary Liberty
as Virgizio widow
1971
The Smugglers
as Berna
1971
Madness
1971
I Don't See, You Don't Speak, He Doesn't Hear
as Reginella
1971
Come Have Coffee with Us
as Tarsilla Tettamanzi
1970
Mio Mao: Fatiche ed avventure di alcuni giovani occidentali per introdurre il vizio in Cina
as Claire
1970
